FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Boeing Co. <BA.N> denied a German
media report on Saturday it had informed customers of another
delay on its new 787 Dreamliner model.

"There has been no change since our announcement in April,"
said Yvonne Leach, a spokeswoman in Seattle, adding that, on
average, delays would put deliveries about 20 months behind
schedule.

German daily Die Welt reported on Saturday, quoting a
letter from Boeing to customers, the delay would affect
deliveries planned for 2012 and push them 27 months behind
schedule.

Early last month Boeing announced the third major delay on
the 787 as it makes slow progress on assembling the plane and
continues to grapple with underperforming suppliers.

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None of the 55 or so airlines which have bought the plane
have cancelled their orders, but many have said they will seek
compensation for late deliveries.

The delay mirrors the long-running wiring problems on
Airbus' A380 superjumbo, which ended up two years late and put
a big hole in the finances of parent EADS <EAD.PA>.

German magazine WirtschaftsWoche said in a preview of a
story to be published on Monday that Airbus would have to delay
deliveries of A380's scheduled for 2009. It said Airbus had
also Hinformed customers of the delay in a letter.

Both Boeing and Airbus have played down expectations for
plane orders this year, after the unprecedented boom which
resulted in 2,754 orders between them last year.